The video of the chef (whose name is Rogelio) was posted to Twitter by a user named Rebecca Casteñeda, and according to the corresponding thread, the employee is chopping cilantro at her father's restaurant, El Camino Real in Fullerton, CA.

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So many people messaged me on Snapchat on how satisfying this video was. Twitter, I’m gifting you the video of Rogelio chopping cilantro. pic.twitter.com/tvY5m5ffU7

Based on Casteñeda's initial tweet, the video was originally posted to Snapchat, but was apparently so well-received by her followers that she decided to share the video with Twitter as well, possibly just to allow more people to see it, and so that the video's lifespan would no longer just be limited to 24 hours.

The video runs at just under two and a half minutes, and it shows Rogelio using a butcher knife to chop a large bundle of cilantro, shaving off inches of the bundle at a time. Most users who have come across the video on Twitter have pretty much agreed that the video is strangely soothing to watch, and some have since named Rogelio "Cilantro Bae."

If you're wondering why Casteñeda felt the need to videotape this happening in the first place, a few of her later tweets explain her reasoning. She apparently works at Chipotle and her father insisted that she take a video of one of his employees chopping cilantro so that she could show her coworkers how it's really supposed to be done.

I️ recently transferred to state and moved to San Diego and I got a job at Chipotle. My dad made me originally record this video to send to my manager, so they can see how “chingones” chop cilantro😂😂

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